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Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate

AETD Overview

Felicia JonesDirector of AETD

January 21, 2015

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

AETD Overview – 1/21/15

AETD Vision

The Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate provides multidisciplinary engineering expertise for the development of cutting-edge Science and Exploration Systems and technologies.

AETD’s talented and diverse workforce is committed to expanding today’s engineering boundaries through the application of emerging technologies to develop high performance, cost effective solutions to the most challenging problems in Science and Exploration. We will achieve this within our laboratories and those of our many valued present and future partners.

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate—Enabling the “Reality of Tomorrow”


Applied Engineering & Technology

• A diverse, talented and highly educated workforce. Unique facilities and laboratories.All working as one to serve the Science and Exploration communities and making the Nation’s Vision for Space Exploration a reality.

– AETD holds one third of the Center’s civil service population

– AETD is the main source of the Senior Technical and Management pipeline

– The success of NASA/GSFC Projects depends upon the technical competence and capability of AETD

– AETD is the steward for engineering excellence and Engineering Technical Authority at GSFC

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AETD Workforce*

~1290 Employees

>93% Engineers and Technicians

Non-Minority68%

African American12%

Asian/PI12%

Hispanic6%

NativeAmerican

<1%

*Statistics as of September 30, 2014

Age Distribution of AETD Workforce

Bachelor51%

Master37%

Doctorate12%

9.6%

20.1%22.6%

36.7%

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Engineering and Technology Expertise

1. End-to end mission system design and implementation:• Thermal Systems• Large Optical Systems• Environmental Testing • Flight Dynamics Analysis• Spacecraft Propulsion• Mechanical Structures/Mechanisms• Mission Systems Engineering & Implementation• Avionics Architecture & Implementation• RF & Optical Communication Systems• Command & Data Handling Systems• Power Systems & Electrical Systems• Ground Support Equipment Design & Implementation• Guidance, Navigation & Control Components &

Systems• Flight & Ground Software Systems• Systems Integration, Test & Verification• Access to Space Carrier Systems• Ground Command & Control Systems • Mission Planning & Scheduling Systems• Data Processing, Analysis & Modeling Systems

2. Engineering competencies in support of scientific instrumentation:• Detector Systems • Optics, Lasers & Electro Optics• Cryogenics & Fluids Systems • Active/Passive Microwave Systems• Payload/Instrument Systems Engineering

3. Cross-cutting engineering disciplines:• Materials• Autonomy• Contamination Control • Electromechanical Systems• Wavefront Sensing & Control• Electronics Parts & Radiation • Data Management & Analysis• Microelectronics & Signal Processing• Machining/Fabrication Technologies • Network Systems & Technology• Computing Environments & Technologies


Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate

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AETD DIRECTORATE - Code 500Director • Dennis Andrucyk (6-6218)

Deputy Director • Felicia Jones-SeldenDeputy Planning & Business Mgmt • Karen FlynnAssistant for Business Development • Juan RiveraAssistant Director Engineering Ops • Barry Green

Assistant Director for Engineering Safety & Compliance Mgmt • Melonie Scofield

Assistant Director for Wallops • Steve NelsonAETD Chief Technologist • Michael Johnson

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIVISIONCODE 540

Chief • Lee Niemeyer(6-7101)Associate • Wanda PetersAssociate • Jim Loughlin

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OFFICE

CODE 501Chief • Shanta Arur (6-5052)

Associate • Donna MontgomeryAssociate • Susan Trelease

INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

CODE 550 Chief • Juan Roman (6-7531)

Associate • Peter MaymonAssociate • Cathy Long

Associate • Cynthia Simmons

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISIONCODE 560

Chief • Art Azarbarzin (6-5118)Associate • Bob Lebair

Associate • Vacant

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE

Code 504

Chief • Nona Cheeks (6-5810)

MISSION ENGINEERING & SYSTEMS ANALYSIS DIVISION

CODE 590

Chief • Tupper Hyde (6-8496)Associate • Eric Holmes

Associate • Lamar Dougherty

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIVISIONCODE 580

Chief • Jerome Bennett (6-8623)Associate • Chris Durachka

Associate • Leigh Forbes

GSFC Chief Engineer • Steve ScottSenior AETD Engineer • Tim Trenkle

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Business Management Office (BMO)Code 501

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AETD Business Management Office—Code 501

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate—Enabling the Reality of Tomorrow“ ”

DANIELLE MARGIOTTAEDUCATION AND

OUTREACH MANAGER6-9688

KAY GREGORPROGRAM ANALYST

WORKFORCE6-5875

KIM COLESRA

NESC, OTTP, 5046-5100

SHINA DAVE540 RA

INSTITUTIONAL6-0156

KRISTINE GLASS560 RA

INSTITUTIONAL6-4972

TOM WOLKING590 RA

INSTITUTIONAL/REIMBURSABLE6-3420

TARA LAUSCH550 RA

PROPOSALS, INSTITUTIONAL

6-7533

DARYL HUTCHINSON580 RA

INSTITUTIONAL6-9326

ARTHUR CHAN500 RA

R&D 202-510-9140

DAWN DAELEMANSPROGRAM SPECIALIST

MDC6-5036

WILMA WARREN-HARRIS540 SERVICE POOL RA

MSES IIA6-5721

SUSAN GRIEVE560 SERVICE POOL RA

ESES6-2107

MARGARET PAVLINIC590 SERVICE POOL RA

METS6-4216

KIM TANNTEST SERVICESPOOL MANAGER

TEST/ETIS6-9117

DEANNE THOMAS540 SERVICE POOL RA

TEST/OMES6-8927

PATTI STILL595 SERVICE POOL RA

FDSS6-8991

DELORES SHAUTFABRICATIONSERVICES

POOL MANAGERFABRICATION

6-7801

MICHAEL HERMANFINANCIAL MANAGER

501 INSTITUTIONAL LEAD6-4619

DONNA MONTGOMERYASSOCIATE CHIEFNEW BUSINESS/INSTITUTIONAL

6-1509

SUSAN TRELEASEASSOCIATE CHIEFSERVICE POOLS/

SUPPORT SERVICES6-4404

SHANTA ARURCHIEF6-5052

JESSICA HAMILL580 SERVICE POOL RA

SES6-5485


BMO Mission

• AETD's Business Management Office provides administration and management of all AETD resources in support of the Directorate's institutional and programmatic objectives

– Financial planning and budgeting– Budget execution– Programmatic and institutional workforce planning and analysis– Outreach and Education for Center-wide activities that require support of

AETD's engineers– Financial administration of the Center’s engineering services contracts– Financial administration of the test services and fabrication services pools

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Innovative Technology Partnerships Office (ITPO)Code 504


ITPO Organization Responsibilities

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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE


SBIR/STTRMANAGEMENT• Industry Outreach• Management/Tracking• Portfolio Management- Strategy/Planning- Subtopic Development- Proposal Reviews

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT• Communications/Marketing• IT Management• Logistics/Property• Management• Partnership/Tech Transfer- Screening- Targeting Opportunities

• NTR Recording/Data Analysis• NTR Docket Management• NTSR Tracking• Technical Literature Reviews

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK ANDOUTREACH STRATEGIES• Technical Writing• Strategic Partnering- Planning Strategies

• Technology assessments• Publication Development

TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOAND PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT• IP Screening/Assessment• IP Portfolio Management- Licensing/Partnering- Success Story Capturing

• Partnership Outreach• Partnership Negotiations• Partnership Management• OGA Strategies and Partnerships

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT•Awards—ICB/External•Cultural Change/Training•Leads Management•Scheduler/Pipeline Tracking•Program Metrics•Software Release

FINANCIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT• Budget Planning/Reviews• Financial Tracking/Reporting

ADMINISTRATIVE/CLERICAL MANAGEMENT•Front Desk Reception•Office Correspondence•Travel Forecast and Preparation•AETD Action Items•Personnel Actions—Civil Servant

OFFICE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT• Security Badging• Storage Room• Shipping/Receiving• NTSR (HQ)

Green: Contractor


ITPO Mission

• The ITPO fosters technology innovation through technology transfer, partnering, and engaging small business and non-profit organizations’ participation in NASA Goddard’s research and technology solutions

– Manage Goddard’s intellectual property assets (portfolio of documents flowing from inventions and discoveries resulting from Goddard research and technology developments)

– Evaluate disclosed technologies and develop licensing and partnering strategies– Grant licenses for Goddard patented and copyrighted inventions– Define innovative approaches for Goddard partnering needs (strategies, target

opportunities, negotiate partnership agreements) and serve as experts and technical POC’s for partnerships

– Oversee planning and execution of Goddard’s role in NASA’s Small Business & Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

– Coordinate Goddard software assistant release process, Goddard inventions and contributions board, in-reach and out-reach for communications and technology marketing activates and projects

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Mechanical Systems Division (MSD)Code 540


MSD Organization

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIVISIONCODE 540

Chief • Lee Niemeyer (x6-7101)Associate Chief • Wanda PetersAssociate Chief • Jim Loughlin

Assistant Chief for Technology • Ted SwansonAssistant Chief for Mechanical Systems

Technology • Mike ViensChief Engineer • Minh Phan

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

BRANCHCODE 547

Head • Garcia BlountAssociate • Matthew

ShowalterAssociate • Marva

Johnson

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS BRANCH

CODE 548

Head • Jerry SterlingAssociate • Chris

Strickland

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

AND SIMULATION BRANCHCODE 542

Head • Jeff BologneseAssociate • Dan Kaufman


MATERIALS ENGINEERING BRANCH

CODE 541

Head • Chuck PowersAssociate • Alex Montoya


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BRANCHCODE 543

Head • Jim RyanAssociate • Alan PoseyAssociate • Jim Woods

Associate • Sharon Cooper

ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS BRANCH

CODE 544

Head • Umesh PatelAssociate • Adam Matuszeski

Associate • Claef HakunAssociate • Andrea Poulin*

THERMAL ENGINEERING

BRANCHCODE 545

Head • Dan ButlerAssociate • Dan NguyenAssociate • Carl Peters

Associate • Veronica Otero

CONTAMINATION & COATINGS ENG

BRANCHCODE 546

Head • Randy Hedgeland

Associate • Nancy Carosso

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ENVIRONMENTAL TEST ENGINEERING AND

INTEGRATION BRANCHCODE 549

Head • Carmine MattielloAssoc • Ed Packard

*Acting


MSD Mission

• The Mechanical Systems Division (MSD) provides end-to-end multi-disciplinary mechanical and thermal systems capabilities and technology development to:

– Design– Analyze– Fabricate– Assemble– Integrate – Verify and Validate On Orbit– Support

• … advanced scientific instruments and support platforms for ground-based, suborbital, and orbital science and exploration missions

• Discipline engineering support includes materials, structural analysis, mechanical design, thermal, electromechanical, contamination/coatings, manufacturing, and environmental testing and integration for both in-house flight hardware development and oversight for out-of-house developed instruments and missions

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MSD is aggressively pursuing the in-house development of several new technology thrusts that have significant potential to win new work and/or materially improve equipment performance in future Goddard missions.

MSD Technology

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Advanced Thermal Control TechniquesAdditive Manufacturing

Develop and Maintain the Most Current Standards in:1. Design2. Fabrication3. Quality Control4. Analysis5. Test6. Embedded Thermal Control7. Embedded Sensors

Cryogenic Loop Heat Pipe for Large Area Cooling

Nanolamination Multimaterials using Atomic Layer Deposition

0.3m Telescope, all parts fabricated via Direct Metal Laser Sintering

High Stiffness, Dimensionally Stable Optical Bench Metal Matrix Composite Core Material Sample

SmallSat and CubeSat DevelopmentGoddard Composite Materials Engineering Technology: Go-CoMET

- Dellingr CubeSat design, analysis, fabrication, test- 12-month development cycle

Goddard Modular SmallSat Architecture- Standard SmallSat spacecraft bus optimization to enable maximum capacity for various science instrument

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MSD Facilities

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Spacecraft and Instrument Integration Facilities Thermal Tech Lab Contamination and Coatings Labs

Space Environment and Materials Testing at WFF

Materials and Mechanical Testing at Greenbelt

Manufacturing and Plating Labs

Space Environment Test Capabilities


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Instrument Systems & Technology Division (ISTD)Code 550


ISTD Organization

INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISIONCODE 550

Chief • Juan Roman(x6-7531)Associate Chief • Peter Maymon

Associate Chief • Cathy LongAssociate Chief • Cynthia Simmons

Assistant Chief • Howard BranchAssistant Chief for Technology • Terence Doiron

Chief Engineer • Fernando Pellerano

LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS BRANCHCODE 554

Head • Mike KrainakAssociate • Branimir Blagojevic

OPTICS BRANCHCODE 551

Head • Maria NowakAssociate • Gerry WrightAssociate • Scott SmithAssociate • Felix Threat

Associate • Manuel QuijadaAssociate • Catherine Marx

DETECTOR SYSTEMS BRANCHCODE 553

Head • Laddawan MikoAssociate • Lantrang Nguyen*

Associate • Dan Sullivan*

CRYOGENICS AND FLUIDS BRANCHCODE 552

Head • Eric SilkAssociate • Henry Fitzpatrick

Associate • Hudson Delee

MICROWAVE INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY BRANCH

CODE 555

Head • Diep NguyenAssociate • Jeff Piepmeier

*Acting

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ISTD Mission

• The Instrument Systems and Technology Division (ISTD) provides end-to-end multi-disciplinary instrument systems and technology development to:

– Design– Analyze– Fabricate– Assemble– Integrate – Verify and Validate On Orbit– Support

• … advanced scientific instruments for ground-based, suborbital, and orbital science and exploration missions

• Discipline engineering support includes optical, cryogenics, lasers and electro-optics, detectors, and microwave leadership for both in-house flight hardware development and oversight for out-of-house developed instruments

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ISTD Technology

Cryogenic Systems

Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator

Long Term Cryopropellant Storage for Exploration

Detector Arrays

Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Array

Magnetic Microcalorimeter X-ray Array

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Black CarbonNanotubes

Advanced Optical Systems

CHARMS (cryogenic index of refraction measurement tool)

High-speed Computational Optics

Laser Systems

Wavelength Division Multiplexed Fiber Laser

Microwave Instruments

Microwave Radiometer Front End


ISTD Facilities

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Large Volume Coordinate Measurement

Laser and Electro-Optics Laboratory

Detector Characterization Laboratory (DCL)

Cryogenic Test Facility

Detector Development Laboratory (DDL)


Two-meter Optical Coating Facility Microwave Instrument

Development Lab


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Electrical Engineering Division (EED)Code 560


EED Organization

PARTS, PACKAGING, & ASSEMBLY

TECHNOLOGIES OFFICECODE 562

Head • Kusum SahuAssociate • Marcellus Proctor

INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS DEVELOPMENT

BRANCHCODE 564

Head • VacantAssociate • Jack McCabe

Associate • Renee Reynolds

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISIONCODE 560

POWER SYSTEMS BRANCHCODE 563

Head • Tom YiAssociate • Eric Young

FLIGHT DATA SYSTEMS & RADIATION EFFECTS

BRANCHCODE 561

Head • Ken LiAssociate: Bill Yuknis

Associate • Jonathan Pellish

AVIONICS & ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

BRANCHCODE 565

Head • Beverly SettlesAssociate • Porfirio Beltran

FLIGHT MICROWAVE & TELECOMMUNICATION

SYSTEMS BRANCHCODE 567

Head • Shannon RodriguezAssociate • Mai Huang

FLIGHT SYSTEMS I&T BRANCH

CODE 568

Head • Bob KasaAssociate • Dion

Smallwood

WALLOPS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BRANCH

CODE 569

Head • Dan MullinixAssociate • Joe O’Brien

Associate • Lissette Martinez

Chief • Art Azarbarzin (x6-5118)Associate Chief • Bob Lebair

Associate Chief • VacantAssistant Chief for Operations • Marcellus Proctor*

Assistant Chief for Technology • Wes PowellChief Engineer • Steve Graham

Chief Avionics Systems Architect • Rick Schnurr

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TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS &

TECHNOLOGY BRANCHCODE 566

Head • Lavida CooperAssociate • Lakesha BatesAssociate • Dave Raphael

Associate • Theo Bugtong*

*Acting


EED Mission

• The Electrical Engineering Division (EED) provides end-to-end multi-disciplinary electrical systems capabilities and technology development to:

– Design − Integrate– Analyze − Verify– Fabricate − Validate on Orbit– Assemble − Operate

• … electrical/electronic components, subsystems, and systems in advanced scientific instruments and support platforms for ground-based, suborbital, and orbital science and exploration missions

• Discipline engineering support includes electronics parts and packaging, fiber optic design and manufacturing, photonic component testing, command and data handling systems, electrical power systems, RF and optical communication systems, network ground systems, end-to-end communications systems, microelectronics and signal processing, electrical systems, flight harnessing, electrical ground system hardware, electromagnetic interference/compatibility, and flight systems integration and test for both in-house flight hardware development and oversight for out-of-house developed instruments and missions

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EED Technology

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Radiation Effects

Instrument Data Acquisition and

Control

Miniaturization

Avionics

Communications

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SMAP RadiometerDigital Electronics

System-On-a-ChipInstrument Processor

HousekeepingSystem-On-a-Chip

ASIC

DMLS PrintedRadiation Shields

Multi-ChannelDigitizer ASIC

LRO Ka-BandTransmitter

Memory ErrorCorrection Coding

Low Cost Transceiver for SuborbitalKa-Band Earth

Shaped Antenna

Modular AvionicsArchitectures Fiber Optic Assemblies

Additively ManufacturedElectronics

Radiation RiskAssessment Tool

Compressive Sensing Single-Pixel Camera

Astro-H ADRController

Radiation Hardened Mixed-Signal ASICs


EED Facilities

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Radiation Effects Test Facilities Damage Van de Graff Test Chamber

Goddard Electromagnetic Anechoic Chamber (GEMAC)

Microelectronics Assembly Laboratory

Microwave Electronics Testand Assembly Laboratory

ATLAS Harness FabricationLaboratory


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Software Engineering Division (SED)Code 580


SED Organization

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIVISIONCODE 580

Chief • Jerome Bennett (x6-8623)Associate Chief • Chris Durachka

Associate Chief • Leigh ForbesAsst Chief for Technology • Jacqueline LeMoigne-Stewart

Chief Engineer • Lily Bashar

SCIENCE DATA PROCESSING BRANCH

CODE 587

Head • Tom FlatleyAssociate • Ed Hicks

Associate • Phyllis HestnesAssociate • Jeffrey Hosler

SCIENCE DATA SYSTEMS BRANCH

CODE 586

Head • John MosesAssociate • Amalia

MorusiewiczAssociate • Susan Valett

FLIGHT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS BRANCH

CODE 582

Head • Dave McComasAssociate • Yvonne Lue

Associate • Mark Walters


SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BRANCH

CODE 581

Head • Rick SabatinoAssociate • Carl WalesAssociate • Gary Smith

Associate • Adrienne BeamerAssociate • Joel Gallun

GROUND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS BRANCH

CODE 583

Head • Scott GreenAssociate • Lamont RuleyAssociate • Jeffrey Ferrara

COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS & COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

BRANCHCODE 585

Head • Ben LuiAssociate • Mindy

Hammond

MISSION VALIDATION AND OPERATIONS

BRANCHCODE 584

Head • Myron BradshawAssociate • Greg Yoblin

WALLOPS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE

ENGINEERING BRANCHCODE 589

Head • Pam Pittman

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SED Mission

• The Software Engineering Division (SED) provides end-to-end software systems solution, expertise, and software technologies to:

– Design– Develop/Build– Integrate– Simulate– Verify and Validate On Orbit– Operate

• … advanced scientific instruments and support platforms for ground-based, suborbital, and orbital science and exploration missions

• Discipline engineering support includes spacecraft and instrument flight software, ground command and control systems, science and mission planning and scheduling systems, science data processing systems (including on-board/in-flight systems), and science data analysis and modeling systems for both in-house flight hardware development and oversight for out-of-house developed instruments and missions

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SED Facilities

The Flight Software Technology Advancements Development and Test Lab is used to assemble, integrate, and test flight software technologies using simulators prior to proposing on future missions.

Top left: Software engineers test their code on the SpaceCube platform that will control an ISS payload.Bottom left: Electrical and mechanical engineers work on a SpaceCube data processing system bound for the International Space Station.

The ASIC SIDECAR Lab is used to develop and test software that will be used in conjunction with detectors on mission like JWST and TIRS.

The Code 587 Science Data Processing Lab is used to assemble, integrate, and test SpaceCube avionics systems prior to delivering to customer.

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The Goddard Mission Services Evolution Center (GMSEC) provides mission enabling, cost/risk reduction solutions for current and future missions.

The Wallops Mission Planning Lab (MPL)is the mission analysis, design, visualization, and evaluation facility for sub-orbital and special orbital missions.



SED Technology

The SpaceCube Family—SED is developing advanced on-board processing capabilities to meet the computational Science requirements of future missions (e.g., those including hyperspectral and SAR instruments). Capable to reconfigure and adapt on the fly, those capabilities will enable to produce data products on-board for direct downlink and to performrapid detection and real-time reaction to Science and

"first-responder" events.

Pi-Sat: A Low Cost Distributed Mission Test Bed—SED has prototyped ultra-low cost, preconfigured, easy to use development systems for Distributed Spacecraft Mission (DSM) flight software research and for CubeSat/SmallSat flight software research and development."

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Mission Engineering & Systems Analysis Division (MESA) Code 590


MESA Division Organization

INSTRUMENT/PAYLOAD SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

BRANCHCODE 592

Head • VacantAssociate • Kris Romig

Associate • Carmel ConatyAssociate • Steve Schmidt

MISSION ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS DIVISION

CODE 590

ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

BRANCHCODE 591

Head • Jim O’DonnellAssociate • Dean Chai

Associate • Scott StarinAssociate • Amanda Shelton*

Associate • Paul Mason*

NAVIGATION & MISSION DESIGN BRANCH

CODE 595

Head • Carl AdamsAssociate • Daniel Solomon

Associate • Dave RichardsonAssociate • Vacant

COMPONENT & HARDWARE SYSTEMS

BRANCHCODE 596

Head • Bob Spagnuolo*Associate • Andrew Maynard

Associate • Milt DavisAssociate • Vacant

PROPULSION BRANCHCODE 597

Head • Rich LuquetteAssociate • Caitlin BachaAssociate • William Willis*

GN&C AND MISSION SYSTEMS

ENGINEERING BRANCHCODE 598

Head • Joel SimpsonAssociate • Brett Vincent

Chief • Tupper Hyde (x6-8496)Associate Chief • Eric Holmes

Associate Chief • Lamar DoughertyAssistant Chief for Technology • Dennis Woodfork

Chief Engineer • Scott Glubke

MISSION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BRANCH

CODE 599

Head • Karen StewartAssociate • Kathy JenkinsAssociate • John Johnston

Associate • Scott Schwinger

*Acting

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MESA Division Mission

The Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division (MESA) provides end-to-end mission systems engineering and guidance, navigation, and control capabilities and technology development to:

– Conceive– Design– Analyze– Implement– Verify and Validate On Orbit– Support

… advanced scientific instruments and support platforms for ground-based, suborbital, and orbital science and exploration missions

Discipline engineering support includes attitude and orbit determination and control, spacecraft propulsion, trajectory design, mission architecture, and mission systems engineering for both in-house flight hardware development and oversight for out-of-house developed instruments and missions.

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GN&C Hardware

GN&C Tools

Rendezvous, Capture and

Landing

Propulsion

Space Systemsand IntegratedMission Design

Technology Readiness

Weak Signal GPS

Multi-function APSStarTracker / AR&D

Camera

CONTROL CENTER

GROUND

STATION

NETWORK

SPACE SEGMENT

GROUND SEGMENT

SOMD

Space Cube

Spacewire /PnP Interface

Standards

TTA

CFS/CFE On-Board

Software

CCA

GMSEC / CSIPnP Interfaces

CCSDS / IPData Packets

ConstellationApplications

CFSDevelopmentEnvironment

CCA

SPACE

SYSTEM

Astronauts

CEV

LSAM

Robotic S/C

CUSTOMERS

Astronauts

MCCs

DSILs

T&V

Acronym Definitions:

CCA = Common Communications Adapter

TTA = Time-Triggered Architecture

PnP = Plug-and-Play

GMSEC = GSFC Mission Services Evolution Center

CSI = Computing Systems Integration (formerly C3I)

CFS/CFE = Core Flight System/Executive

Non-pyro Valves

Pose Estimation

GPS Enhanced Onboard Navigation

(GEONS)

Precision Formation and Alignment

Free-space Hi-FiSimulation

Inter-SatelliteRanging/Comm Navigator GPS Demisable RWA

Electric & MEMS Micro-thrusters

Demisable Tank

Model-Based Systems EngineeringMission Design Lab Formation Flying Test Bed

Next-Gen Spacecraft Avionics

Satellite Servicing

Natural Feature Tracking

Green Propulsion

Evolutionary Mission Trajectory Generator

GMATXNAV

Orbit DeterminationToolbox

MESA TechnologyEnabling Technologies for Next Generation Navigation, Positioning, Pointing, Propulsion, and Space Systems & Integrated Mission Design


MESA Division Facilities

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Formation Flying Testbed (FFTB) Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF)

Wallops Island FlightFacility

Propulsion System Final Assembly Flight Dynamics 3-D Immersive Visualization Environment


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